Hat-pouncing machine.



No. 664,224.- Pzitented Dec. l8, I900;-

. w. H. LYONS.

HAT POUNClIflG MACHINE.

(Application filed. May 3, 1900.

(No Model.)

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENRY LYONS, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-POUNCING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,224, dated December 18,-1900. Application filed May 8, 1900. Serial No. 15,295. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I,WILLIAM HENRY LYONS, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pouncing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the arttowhichitappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form "apart of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide in a hat-pouncing machine new and improved means for oscillating the hat-block and hat thereon, to secure greater quietness and durability of the machine in operation, to obtain simplicity and efficiency, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the Working parts.

The invention consists in the improved hatpouncing machine and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be-hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim. V

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views, Figure lis a front elevation of my improved machine, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same on line at.

In said drawings, aindicates the frame of my machine, which may be of any suitable construction adapted to support the working parts and hold the hat at a convenient height for the operator. A shaft 1) is journaled at the lower part of said frame and provided with a driving-pulley c for receiving a belt or the like. At the forward end of the shaft 1) is a crank-head 01, having a crank-pin d, which engages a slotted lever e. Said lever is pivoted at a point intermediate of its ends upon the frame mas at e,and adapted to swing in a vertical plane parallel to that of the crankhead 01-. The lower end of the lever e has a closed slot f, which receives the crank-pin d and is of greater length than the diameter of the path of said crank-pin. Thus as the shaft 1) and crank d rotate continuously forward the crank-pin d travels back and forth in the slot fand swings the lever e on its fulcrum e, as indicated in Fig. 1. At the upper part of the frame ct is a vertical shaft g, adapted to rotate in suitable bearings g g and projecting above the frame-top to receive the hatblock h. Said hat-block may be seated upon its shaft in any usual manner, but I prefer to provide the block with a chuck m, having a cylindrical socket m to receive the round shaft. In the said chuck are opposite recesses n,extendin g radially outward from the socket m, and the shaft 9 has a transverse pin 71, the projecting endsof which are adapted to enter said recesses n when the hatblock is seated upon the shaft and cause the parts to rotate together.

Upon the hat-block a hat is stretched, and the whole is to be given a rotary oscillation while the operator works upon the outer surface. To effect this rotary oscillation,the vertical shaft carries a small bevel gear-wheel t', the teeth of which mesh with a segmental cooperating bevel-gear j, pivoted in a vertical plane upon the frame a, as at j. Said segmental gearj is of a radius much larger than the gear-wheel i on the the hat-block shaft,

and thus swinging said segmental gear back and forth through a comparatively small angle gives the hat-block shaft complete rotations in alternating directions. To thus swing the segmental gear, an arm 70 extends away from the pivotj opposite to the toothed portion, and said arm has a forwardly-projecting pin or stud 7c lying in a closed slot I at the end of the lever e farthest from the crankshaft. Thus as the lever e swings from side to side its upper arm imparts a similar swinging motion to the segmental gearj,and the hatblock shaft is given a smooth rotary oscillation.

Obviously the arm of the segmental gear might be slotted and the crank-pin work directly therein, or the segmental gear might be oscillated by a crank and connecting-rod at right angles to the arm is; but the construction shown is preferable in that there is no lost motion and a very regular movement of the hat-block is obtained.

Various other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the foregoing positive description except as the stat e of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is l. The combination with the rotary hatblock shaft and gear-wheel thereon, of a cooperating gear member engaging said gearwheel, a pivoted lever having at one end a sliding connection with said cooperating gear member, and at the other end being slotted, and a power-shaft and crank havinga crankpin working in said slotted end of the lever, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the rotary shaft, of a pivoted segmental member geared to said shaft and having an oppositely-projecting arm, a power-shaft and crank thereon, and a power-transmitting lever pivoted between said segmental member and crank and having sliding connections at its opposite ends with the last-mentioned parts, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a power-shaft, and crank thereon having a crank-pin, of a lever pivoted intermediate of its ends upon a fixed fulcrum and having in one arm a closed slot receiving the crank-pin,whereby as the powershaft rotates the lever is oscillated on its pivot, a shaft adapted to receive alternating motion, and means connecting said shaft to the other arm of the lever, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the power-shaft crank and crank-pin thereon, of a pivoted gear member and an intermediate pivoted lever, said shaft, gear member and lever all turning upon parallel axes, and one arm of said lever having a closed slot for the crankpin and the other arm being slidably connected to the gear member, whereby continuous rotation of the power-shaft is converted into rotary oscillation of the gear member, and a shaft adapted to receive alternating motion and having a toothed portion engaged by said gear member, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a rotary shaft and a gear-wheel thereon, a cooperating gear member having a stud at a peripheral point, a power-shaft having a crank and crank-pin and a lever pivoted at a point intermediate of its ends and having near its ends closed slots, one of which receives the gear-stud and the other the crank-pin, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a pivoted gear-wheel segment, a power-shaft and a crank on said shaft, and a lever fulcrumed in a parallel plane with said Wheel and crank, said lever having at one point of its length a closed slot receiving the crank-pin and at another point having a slot-and-pin connection with the gear-Wheel segment, and a hat-block shaft geared to said segment, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April, 1900.

\VILLIAM HENRY LYONS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B. PITNEY. 

